Colyell Bay Landing, Livingston Parish with connections to Orleans
Parish, Louisiana; File prepared by D.N. Pardue September 1998

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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

COLYELL BAY LANDING  This place was known as a landing and docking place
on Colyell Bay for the steamer boats "Alice", the "Jessie" and others.
These boats made regular runs from New Orleans bringing all types of
merchandise including farm supplies, groceries, household goods, special
orders such as furniture and factory-made cypress cisterns to the people
of the area.

     This landing was located on the bay in Section 37, T8S-R4E, a few
hundred feet east of the present Colyell Bay Bridge on La. Hwy. 16 in
the village of French Settlement.  Directly in front of this landing across
the rod stood the old home of an early settler by the name of "Uncle"
John Schexnaider. -- Lucille Cooper